Tube with nine decorated friezes, The driven object is tubular with an edge at the top. It has a carved, engraved decoration that is inlaid with silver and filled with a black paste. This ornament consists of nine continuous friezes placed one above the other with inscriptions in kufic (?) Script, whose vertical parts of the letters are interwoven and end in leaf motifs, or are straight and come out against an arabesque background. In the second and sixth frieze the latter end in faces., anonymous, Khurasan, c. 1175 - c. 1225, bronze (metal), silver (metal), niello (technique), h 22.2 cm × d 3.8 cm × d 4.7 cm
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Tube, nine decorated friezes, driven object, tubular, edge, top, carved, engraved decoration, inlaid, black-and-white, filled, black paste, ornament consists, nine continuous friezes placed, inscriptions, kufic, Script, vertical parts, letters, interwoven, leaf motifs, straight, come out, arabesque background, second, sixth frieze, latter, faces, Khurasan, c, 1175, 1225, bronze, metal, niello, technique
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